State and Local Society in Third Century South China : : Administrative Documents Excavated at Zoumalou, Hunan.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia Series ; v.159
• Author: Lander, Brian.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wenchao, Ling.; Wen, Xin.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)

This book presents an overview of the historical context and the content of the largest cache of documents ever excavated in China, which provide a wealth of new materials on the history of South China.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Illustrations
• Conventions Used in Transcriptions
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The World of the Zoumalou Documents
• 1 Ecology and Economy of Changsha
• 2 Political History of Changsha
• 3 The Time
• 4 The People
• 5 Households
• 6 Official Ranks and Hierarchies
• 7 The State Apparatus
• 8 Taxation
• 9 The Xu Di Embezzlement Case and the Limits of State Control
• 10 The Story of Xia Long
• 11 Zoumalou in Chinese History
• Chapter 2 The Excavation and Collation of the Wu Slips
• 1 Excavation
• 2 The Indoor Phase: Cleaning, Sorting and Publishing
• Chapter 3 Reconstructions of the Various Kinds of Documents
• 1 Conventions
• 2 The Tianjia Certificates Jiahe limin tianjia bie 嘉禾吏民田家
• 2.1 The Taxation System
• 2.2 Examples of the Tianjia Certificates
• 3 Records of Households
• 3.1 Official Household Registers limin hushu, koushi, renming, nianji bu 吏民戶數、口 、人名、年紀簿
• 3.2 Household Register Records huji bu 戶籍簿
• 3.3 Registers of the Numbers of Upper, Middle and Lower Grade Householdsshang, zhong, xiapin hushu bu 上中下品戶數簿
• 4 Name Registers renming bu 人名簿
• 4.1 Registers of Inspections of Newly Registered People yinhe xinzhanmin bu 核新占民簿
• 4.2 Registers of the Transfer of Artisans bingcao xi zuobu gongshi ji qizi bu 兵曹徙作 工師及妻子簿
• 4.3 Name Registers of Coin Payments of Households by Grade hupin chuqian renming bu 户品出 人名簿
• 4.4 Registers of Farmer Households Working on Quota Fields xiandian renhu koushi renming bu 佃人户口 、人名簿
• 4.5 Registers of Recommended Privately Educated Men ju sixue bu 私學簿
• 4.6 Registers of Male Relatives of Provincial and Army Officials yinhe zhou jun li fuxiong zidi bu 核州、 吏父兄子弟簿
• 4.7 Registers of the Male Relatives of Officials Who Fled Jun xian li xiongdi panzou bu 縣吏兄弟叛 簿
• 5 Treasury Account Registers.
• 5.1 Treasury Coin Account Registers ku qian zhangbu 庫 簿
• 5.2 Register of Personal Names and Land Rent Coins dijiu qian renming bu 地僦 人名簿
• 5.3 Registers of Market Taxes on Slaves shengkou gushui renming bu 生口估税人名簿
• 5.4 Treasury Cloth Account Registers ku bu zhangbu 庫布 簿
• 5.5 Registers of Skins Entered and Received ku pu zhangbu 庫皮 簿
• 5.6 Registers of the Receipt of Requisitioned Hemp diaoma rushou bu 入受簿
• 6 Granary Account Registerscangmi zhangbu 倉米帳簿
• 6.1 Registers of Various Rice Collected in Taxes zami rushou bu 米入受簿
• 6.2 Registers of Grain Distributed and Lent
• 7 Other Account Registers
• 7.1 Registers of Inspection of Irrigated Fields yinhe beitian bu 核波田簿
• 7.2 Field Area Type Registers tianmu lei bushu 田畝 簿書
• 7.3 Registers of State-Owned Cattle guan niu bu 官牛簿
• 7.4 Registers of the Skin and Hooves of Sacrificial Cattle cisi niupi tijia bu 祠祀牛皮 甲簿
• 8 Files on the Case of Xu Di Xu Di an juanzong 案卷宗
• 9 Ancheng County Documents Ancheng xian bushu 安成縣簿書
• 9.1 Jiahe 2nd Year Ancheng Registers of Area of Zu Tax Fields of Provincial, Commandery and County Officials Jiahe er nian Ancheng xian zhou, jun, xian li zutian qing mu bu 嘉禾二年安成縣州、 、縣吏租田 畝簿
• 9.2 Overall Registers of Cloth Purchased by Ancheng County Officials Ancheng xian guan shi bu zhu bu 安成縣官市布 簿
• 10 Conclusion
• Appendix Contents of Each Published Zoumalou Volume
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index.